Friday, June 30, 2006

Meeting in Edinburgh

The Society of Biblical Literature international congress is next week in Edinburgh University. There are many relevant items on the programme of which I particularly note the following.

How would people feel about having an ETC meet, open to anyone, on the Tuesday at the morning break, assembling in William Robertson?

Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Criticism)7/03/2006, 8:45 AM to 12:00 noonRoom: Lecture Theatre - William Robertson Theme: The Use of the Codex

David Trobisch, Bangor Theological Seminary, PresidingLarry W. Hurtado, University of EdinburghDoes Size Matter? Early Christian Codex-sizes and Significance (30 min)Malcolm Choat, Macquarie UniversiryCombinations of Christian works in Codices (30 min)Scott David Charlesworth, University of New EnglandChristian Preference for the Codex as a Window on Textual Authority and Comparative Transmission of Canonical and Non-canonical Gospels in the Second Century (30 min)Break (45 min)Don Barker, Macquarie University-SydneyChristian and Secular Codices from Oxyrhynchus (30 min)David J. Trobisch, Bangor Theological SeminaryWhat is There in a Picture? An Introduction to Codex Washingtonianus W 032. (30 min)